History TearJerker / Tsukihime

If one is softhearted enough, ''{{Tsukihime}}'' seems to ''run'' on these, with each route having one or two. Quite appropriate for a story focusing on death as a central theme.

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If one is softhearted enough, ''{{Tsukihime}}'' ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' seems to ''run'' on these, with each route having one or two. Quite appropriate for a story focusing on death as a central theme.

* Ciel's backstory, which is expanded. We see how Roa possesed her, forced her to kill her parents and how she was found and tortured by the Church, until they decided she'd be more useful as a Burial agent. Afterwards, Ciel is shown as completely broken and resigned.* After Akiha reveals to Shiki the truth about him and his connection to SHIKI, Shiki sympathizes with his former friend's situation, cursing Roa for turning him into a monster. Cue a image of Shiki happily drinking tea with Akiha and the maids as SHIKI is lying alone in the basement.

[[caption-width-right:350:"...Why? That's fine. I was okay with the way I was. If you were happy, then I was happy. I-I was always protected by you, so...I was always happy.."[[note]]For context, this is after [[spoiler:Kohaku fails her revenge on the Tohno family and drinks poison in front of her sister Hisui]].[[/note]]-] ]]-->'''Kohaku''': ''I see...I guess it was only an illusion after all. It hurts. That's why...I wanted to become a doll...''

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[[caption-width-right:350:"...Why? That's fine. I was okay with the way I was. If you were happy, then I was happy. I-I was always protected by you, so...I was always happy.."[[note]]For context, this is after [[spoiler:Kohaku fails her revenge on the Tohno family and drinks poison in front of her sister Hisui]].[[/note]]-] ]]-->'''Kohaku''': [[/note]]]]--> ''I see...I guess it was only an illusion after all. It hurts. That's why...I wanted to become a doll...''

-->'''Arcueid''': ''You really are kind, Shiki. Yeah, I knew coming here to say goodbye was a good thing. I love you, Shiki. Your honesty, how you are always spaced out, how I'm the only one you yell at, how you always look forward to the future... I love all of you. So please, keep living like that, okay?''

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-->'''Arcueid''': ''You -->''You really are kind, Shiki. Yeah, I knew coming here to say goodbye was a good thing. I love you, Shiki. Your honesty, how you are always spaced out, how I'm the only one you yell at, how you always look forward to the future... I love all of you. So please, keep living like that, okay?''

* Bad End 13. If Shiki decides to avoid Ciel after being possesed by Roa, Ciel suspects and both are forced to fight. In the climax of their battle, Shiki cuts Ciel lines at the same time she pierces him with her bayonet. It's implied she let herself to be attacked on purpose.-->''What...In the end...I liked her? Until the very end. Feeling sad like this until my own death, she was that dear to me''

-->'''Shiki''': ''Even if Akiha's eyes are not staring at anything, I'll keep smiling until the end of the world. So that one day, when Akiha wakes up I would be able to greet her like it was another normal day and say hi.''

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-->'''Shiki''': ''Even -->''Even if Akiha's eyes are not staring at anything, I'll keep smiling until the end of the world. So that one day, when Akiha wakes up I would be able to greet her like it was another normal day and say hi.''

-->'''Akiha''': ''That's strange. I wonder why even Kohaku can't kill me.''-->'''Kohaku''': ''Of course. It is because I like you, Akiha-sama. No matter how much you hate me, I always want to serve you. So Akiha-sama, if you feel sorry for me at all, please don't die. If you die like this, I will go back to being the Kohaku from before.''

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-->'''Akiha''': ''That's strange. I wonder why even Kohaku can't kill me.''-->'''Kohaku''': ''Of course. It --> ''It is because I like you, Akiha-sama. No matter how much you hate me, I always want to serve you. So Akiha-sama, if you feel sorry for me at all, please don't die. If you die like this, I will go back to being the Kohaku from before.''

* Satsuki's story. She happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and gets bitten by SHIKI. She becomes a vampire and targets Shiki in order to make him into a vampire so that they could be together forever. If the player makes the correct choices, Shiki is about to get bitten by her, until he recalls his love for Akiha, giving him the strength to kill Satsuki.

* Makihisa Tohno had been portrayed as a ruthless bastard, due to [[spoiler: abusing Kohaku, orchestrating the extermination of the Nanayas and imprisoning his SHIKI.]] However, after Shiki reads his diary, he shows regret [[spoiler:for raping Kohaku]] and comments that the reason [[spoiler: he imprisoned SHIKI instead of killing him, was because they were apparently close and hoped that he would recover his mind one day.]] This is sad, since it shows that he was a caring father after all.

* The rendition of the anime when Arcueid is seemingly killed by Roa. The background music does not help much.* Also, when Shiki kills Roa for once and for all, killing SHIKI as well, Shiki seems to be genuinely sad about being forced to kill him. Cue SHIKI's face as he dies, when instead of his usual SlasherSmile, he has a very sad face. It feels more like ShootTheDog than KarmicDeath.

* The sidestory ''Dawn''. A young woman, [[AloofBigSister Maiko Yamase]] happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets devoured by Nrvqsr Chaos, but she gains some of his powers. She wanders around the town mindlessly and just remembers who she is after seeing a family photo. Not wanting to harm anyone, she ends up dying at the hands of Shiki, unaware of anything other than her nature as a vampire and dies happily in Akemi's arms. In her sister's birthday, no less!* ''Red Demon God''. After living an empty life as a killer, Kiri Nanaya finds some joy in his life after his son Shiki is born. [[ForegoneConclusion However, he and his clan are killed that fateful day by Kishima Kouma]].

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* The sidestory ''Dawn''. A young woman, [[AloofBigSister Maiko Yamase]] happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets devoured by Nrvqsr Chaos, but she gains some of his powers. She wanders around the town mindlessly and just remembers who she is after seeing a family photo. Not wanting to harm anyone, she ends up dying at the hands of Shiki, unaware of anything other than her nature as a vampire and dies happily in her sister Akemi's arms. In her sister's birthday, no less!* ''Red Demon God''. After living an empty life as a killer, Kiri Nanaya finds some joy in his life after his son Shiki is born. [[ForegoneConclusion However, he and his clan are killed that fateful day by Kishima Kouma]]. The final scene shows little Shiki waking up as he wonders where his father is and walks towards the forest in order to look for him...

* The sidestory ''Dawn''. A girl, Maiko, who wants to return back home to reunite with her sister Akemi happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets devoured by Nrvqsr Chaos, but she gains some of his powers. She ends up dying at the hands of Shiki, unaware of anything other than her nature as a vampire and dies happily in Akemi's arms.

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* The sidestory ''Dawn''. A girl, Maiko, who wants to return back home to reunite with her sister Akemi young woman, [[AloofBigSister Maiko Yamase]] happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets devoured by Nrvqsr Chaos, but she gains some of his powers. She wanders around the town mindlessly and just remembers who she is after seeing a family photo. Not wanting to harm anyone, she ends up dying at the hands of Shiki, unaware of anything other than her nature as a vampire and dies happily in Akemi's arms.arms. In her sister's birthday, no less!

Reason: After rereading \"Dawn\", I noticed that Maiko is older than Shiki, so she already finished school

* A mild moment, but Akiha seems to be genuinely sad after killing SHIKI. This is pretty harsh on its own, since she showed nothing but comtempt towards him over the years for being a CreepyChild, inverting, and ultimately killing Shiki.

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* A mild moment, but Akiha seems to be genuinely sad after killing SHIKI. This is pretty harsh on its own, since she showed nothing but comtempt contempt towards him over the years for being a CreepyChild, inverting, and ultimately killing Shiki.

* The sidestory ''Dawn''. A girl, Maiko, who wants to walk back home to reunite with her sister Akemi happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets devoured by Nrvqsr Chaos, but she gains some of his powers. She ends up dying at the hands of Shiki, unaware of anything other than her nature as a vampire and dies happily in Akemi's arms.* ''Drinking, Dreaming Moon'' is pretty heartwarming because Shiki and SHIKI discuss past and present on friendly terms. And poor Shiki is crying the whole time as they talk, because he knows that everything is AllJustADream and the real SHIKI was KilledOffForReal. This is pretty terrible on its own, since it shows that despite all the hell that they went through after SHIKI's inversion, Shiki still cares about him and considers him as his friend.

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* The sidestory ''Dawn''. A girl, Maiko, who wants to walk return back home to reunite with her sister Akemi happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets devoured by Nrvqsr Chaos, but she gains some of his powers. She ends up dying at the hands of Shiki, unaware of anything other than her nature as a vampire and dies happily in Akemi's arms.* ''Red Demon God''. After living an empty life as a killer, Kiri Nanaya finds some joy in his life after his son Shiki is born. [[ForegoneConclusion However, he and his clan are killed that fateful day by Kishima Kouma]].** Kouma's backstory is also pretty sad. * ''Drinking, Dreaming Moon'' is pretty heartwarming because Shiki and SHIKI discuss past and present on friendly terms. And poor However, Shiki is crying the whole time as they talk, because he knows that believes everything is AllJustADream and to be AllJustADream, because the real SHIKI was KilledOffForReal.KilledOffForReal, feels guilty for all the crap he put on him before he died and still believes SHIKI resents him. This is pretty terrible on its own, since it shows that despite all the hell that they went through after SHIKI's inversion, Shiki still cares about him and considers him as his friend.

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